Ex-Dragoon said:Depends on your ship policies, if you are allowed you would have to register it with the Coxn, but gawd forbid you have anything questionable on it.....
whiskey601 said:Going to dig around in my notes for the source on this, but I know for a fact there are published public results of detection and cross matched DF'ing of Bluetooth transmissions [nominal effective range of +/- 10 meters] sensed and identified to specific cataloged emitter devices at ranges greater than 60 nautical miles* from 0- 26,000 ft. s.l., clear environment.
Can't imagine the consequences should an Ex or something worse be blown because somebody fired up their snazzy laptop to work on their book or journal.
* thats well within Harpoon range - originals, copies and knock offs of which form the most prolific Naval SSM at the present time.
Inch said:It can't be any worse than the TACAN, Radar, or IFF/Transponder we have on the Sea King.
Seriously though, I don't recall if there was a rule stating that any wireless options are to be disabled.
Question, was the DF'ing done on a Bluetooth adapter that was 3 decks down right on the waterline in a steel ship? I would tend to think that most RF transmissions would be blocked by the steel bulkheads and the only real threat would be if buddy was on the upper decks with it during an exercise instead of being at action stations where he should be.
I'm told the US Navy has WIFI deployed onboard some of its ships (CVNs, from what I heard). Obviously it would be the first thing to go down under an EMCON policy, but apparently the hull and emissions-inhibiting paint are enough to mitigate the security concerns. Does anyone know any more about this?Ex-Dragoon said:With emissions being able to be picked up more easily with todays technology and no doubt even easier with tomorrows do we really want to take that chance?
Ex-Dragoon said:With emissions being able to be picked up more easily with todays technology and no doubt even easier with tomorrows do we really want to take that chance?
Ah yes, the dastardly "flash" memory sticks....... if anything can give the unit / ship's security officer going - that's it.Imprezzed said:You cannot also move things between DIN workstations on board and your laptop. And Don't even THINK about having USB Drives....
CF-22 Raptor said:I have a few questions about computers and electronics on Canadian ships...
I was wondering what kind of computers Canadian warships use. Do you guys only have computers hardwired to the ship? Or do you use PCs and Laptops? What are they used for? Are the computers fast and efficient enough to perform operations?
How fast is the ships computer processor? How much RAM does it have? How big is the hard drive? What OS does it use? How is it similar or different from a normal civilian PC? What is it's graphic user interface like? Is the computer easy to use? Any bugs or annoying things about the computer or software?
Why are non DND USB keys a big no, no? What sort of information are inside them? Do the ship computers even have USB ports?
What is the big deal with bringing your own laptop / cellphones / PDAs and why would Customs tax you for it?